College students suffering depression due to coronavirus, so counseling centers offer help remotely; here’s how parents can help, too

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The COVID-19 pandemic caused depression and anxiety in people of all ages. For college students, pandemic stress came with a side order of worries about having to move back home, being cut off from peers and classes moving from lecture halls to Zoom. Campuses closed, scattering students […]

Oak Mountain Middle School to remain indefinitely closed due to damage – Shelby County Reporter

By WILLIAM MARLOW | Special to the Reporter NORTH SHELBY – Oak Mountain Middle School will continue with online learning indefinitely after an assessment of last month’s tornado destruction revealed that the school was more severely damaged than officials first believed. This news comes from the school’s principal, Larry Haynes, […]

8 easy indoor activities for west coast kids stuck inside due to wildfires

Parenting in 2020 has not been easy. As if coronavirus quarantines weren’t tough enough, now west coast fires are keeping kids inside. Air quality maps indicate unhealthy to hazardous conditions from Oregon to Southern California and official advisories instruct limiting outdoor activities and keeping children indoors. “It’s been extremely surreal,” […]